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like those of Udilevalla have been found as far inland as Lake Rog- 

 varpen, in Dalsland, on the west of Lake Wener, at a height of 

 about 200 feet. Lake Maeler has obviously been an arm of the sea ; 

 while the distance between Lake Maeler and Wener is only 70 miles. 

 2nd, He conceives that it is the land which is rising, and not the sea 

 which is sinking, that causes the alteration in their relative levels. 

 3rd, The rate of alteration of the relative levels is different in diffe- 

 rent places. 



The first and last of these conclusions appear to be indisputable ; 

 but the second might, perhaps, be questioned. Tf Sweden were the 

 only country where this remarkable phenomenon occurred, then the 

 conclusion might readily be granted ; but the fact that similar changes 

 are in progress in Scotland and Ireland, throws an obstacle in the way 

 of this explanation. The discovery of a deposit of marine shells, similar 

 to those in Sweden, at a distance of nine or ten miles from Glasgow, 

 and nearly as many from the sea, (Records, i. 131.) demonstrates an 

 alteration in the relative level of the ocean, analogous to the appear- 

 ances described by Mr. Lyell ; while the observations of Dr. Thomas 

 Thomson have rendered it certain that this change is not confined to 

 one spot, but is very strikingly exhibited at Oban, in Argylshire. At 

 Falkirk, in the neighbourhood of the Frith of Forth, I may notice, 

 that deposits corresponding with that on the Clyde, have been ob- 

 served containing shells ; and caves have been described in Ireland 

 which are now elevated very considerably above the level of the sea. 

 It is but justice to add, however, that on the east coast of Scotland, 

 the sea is making daily encroachment. 



Some account of the eruption of Vesuvius, which occurred in 

 the month of August, 1834, 8fc. By Charles Daubeny, M.D. 



The first part of this paper (of which some account is given in 

 "Records" vol. ii. 145.) contains an account of the eruption of 

 Vesuvius, extracted from the manuscript notes of Monticelli. Dr. 

 Daubeny found the various vapours issuing from parts of the surface 

 of the crater to consist of steam and muriatic acid, with a slight trace 

 of a sulphur acid. No sulphuretted hydrogen nor azote were detected . 

 The steam from the lava afforded besides muriate of ammonia. 

 CTo be continued. J 



III. — Manual of Pathology, containing the Symptoms, IMag- 

 nosis, and Morbid Characters of Diseases, Sfc. By L. 

 Martinet, D. M. P., translated by Jones Quain, M. D., 

 4th Edit. London, 1835, Simpkin and Marshall. 



This little work comprehends a great quantity of very useful infor- 

 mation. It is divided into two parts ; the first portion being devoted 

 to an excellent detail of the proper modes of examining the body, 

 as distributed under the great divisions, of the head, chest, abdo- 

 men and primary tissues ; and the second part, comprehending the 

 diagnosis and pathology of disease, under the titles of the brain and 

 its appendages : the spinal marrow and its membranes ; air tube. 



